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EDIVAR-D Y. MOORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SLIDING-DOOR FlXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,518, dated July 7,1885.

Application filed December 10, 1884. (No model.)

To all", lUh-O'Ht it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD Y. MOORE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, re siding at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSliding-Door end of the door and its anti-friction attach ments andtheir way. Fig. 3 is aside view of the lower end ofa sliding doorprovided with my improved fixtures, and showing the relation of the doorto its track. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail, the same being a verticalcrosssection in the plane of the line m x of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail,the same being a side elevation of the roller which I apply to the outercorner of the door; and Fig. 6 is a detail, the same showing the lowerinner corner of the door and the parts applied thereto and theirrelation to the track.

Likeletters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object the providing of suitable means wherebysliding doors may be moved back and forth or opened or closed withfacility without the employment of a track laid in the doorway andwithout in jury to the carpet.

A represents asliding door, the wall abeing broken away, as represented,to show the door and its fixtures while the door is open or in itsrecess in the wall.

B is a sheave or roller, and B is its block.

The lower or horizontal part of the block B" has depending flanges c onits sides, there being one flange on each side, as shown. This flangedportion also projects horizontally some way from the tread of theroller, for the purpose hereinafter referred to. The tread of the rolleris fiat, and Ihave represented it as having thereon a flat-faced tire,I), made of rubher; but a rubber tire is not absolutely essential, asthe roller need not necessarily be so covered. This wheel or roller Imake either of metal or wood, and its face may be somewhat or slightlyconvex or rounded outward,

instead of being flat. I mortise the lower edge of the door, near itsforward corner, to receive the roller B and its block B, and I securethe block to the door by means of screws or other suitable fastenings.

O is the inner or rear roller or wheel journaled in a bracket, 0,adapted for attachment to theinner or rear edge of the door, asindicated in Fig. 6. I so arrange the roller or wheel 0 that its bracketwill, by preference, project from the rear edge of the door; but theinner lower corner of the door may be mortised in such a manner as topermit the roller 0 to be concealed by the door.

D is the track or way, on which the rollers or wheels described roll orride. This track I locate wholly within the door-recess-that is, it doesnot project into the room or dooropeniug. The track is flanged orupturned at its sides, thus forming a channel or groove in. which therollers travel. I make the rollers of such width as to extend nearlyacross the groove or channel in which they run, and the track or way isalso of such width as nearly to fill or extend across the space betweenthe depending flanges on the block B, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 4.It is also to be understood that the lower edge of the door is groovedor channeled from corner to corner to receive the upper parts of theupturned sides or flanges of the track. By these means the door,while itis permitted to ride freely on or in the track, is prevented from movinglaterally,and is retained with certaintyiu its proper position. It willalso be perceived, on reference to Figs. 4 and 5, that the door will besupported sufficiently high to run clear of the carpet extending acrossthe doorway.

E is a brush, which may or may not be attached to the rear edge of thedoor and arranged to travel in the track, thus keeping the latter freeof obstructions.

F and F are horizontallyarranged rollers applied to the upper edge ofthe door, and running in away or channel,G, above the door. Theserollers may be applied to the door in any suitable way. For example,Ihave shown the roller F as applied by means of ascrew,H, while theroller F turns in a block, I, which exposes the perimeter of the rolleron opposite sides, and which is screwed to the door. 7

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, It will be perceived from the foregoing dcscription, and on referenceto the drawings, that doors operating in connection with fixtures suchas specified may be rolled with facility out upon a carpet withoutinjury to the latter.

By allowing the inner or rear roller to proj ect rearwardly, asdescribed, it need not leave the track when the door is closed, andhence the track will guide the rollers properly at all times.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with each other and a sliding door, ofdoor-supporting wheels or rollers attached to the lower end oredge ofthe door, the outer wheel being either fiat or slightly convex on itstread, and a way or track having upturned sides or flanges for guidingthe said wheels, the said Way or track being located wholly within thedoor-recess, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The sliding-door fixtures, consisting, essentially, of a sheave orroller, B,having'bearings in a block, B, on which are the dependingflanges a a, a wheel or roller, C, made 3. The sliding-door fixtures,consisting of 0 the grooved or channeled track D, the rollers or wheelsB and C, the former having a fiat or slightly convex tread, and thebrush E, all

adapted for operation together, substantiallyas and for the purposesspecified.

4. The combination, with each other and a sliding door, of thehorizontally-arranged rollers F and F on the upper edge of the door, arecess for receiving the said rollers, the wheel or roller B, applied tothe door at or near its lower outer corner and'having a fiat or slightlyconvex tread, and the wheel or roller 0, extending inward from the lowerinner corner of the door, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

EDYVARD Y. MOORE.

Vitncsses:

F. F. \VARNER, M. BYRON RICH.

